PRINTER'S NO. 712
No. 634 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY PITTS, A. K. HUTCHINSON, CRAWFORD, YAHNER,
McCLATCHY, DININNI, MANMILLER, RENWICK, E. H. SMITH,
DeVERTER, POLITE, FAWCETT, THOMAS, PETRARCA, LEVI,
S. E. HAYES JR., MORRIS, VROON, WEIDNER, HASAY, NOVAK, GRIECO,
CIMINI, TADDONIO, MOEHLMANN, SIRIANNI, LEHR, RYAN, DAVIES
AND WHELAN, MARCH 3, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 4, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," authorizing certain fire
21 companies, rescue companies, and ambulance companies to
22 indirectly purchase off purchase contracts for materials,
23 supplies, and equipment entered into by the Department of
24 Property and Supplies.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 hereby enacts as follows:
27 Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 2403, act of April 9,
1 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of
2 1929," amended May 10, 1974 (No.85), is amended to read:
3 Section 2403. Standards and Purchases.--The Department of
4 Property and Supplies shall have the power, and its duty shall
5 be:
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7 (h) To permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the
8 Department of Property and Supplies may, and as hereinafter
9 specifically provided, shall, prescribe, any political
10 subdivision or authority created by a political subdivision or
11 the State Public School Building Authority to participate in or
12 purchase off purchase contracts for materials, supplies and
13 equipment entered into by the department. Any political
14 subdivision or authority desiring to participate in such
15 purchase contracts shall file with the Department of Property
16 and Supplies a certified copy of an ordinance or resolution of
17 its governing body requesting that it be authorized to
18 participate in purchase contracts of the department and agreeing
19 that it will be bound by such terms and conditions as the
20 department may, and as hereinafter specifically provided, shall,
21 prescribe and that it will be responsible for payment directly
22 to the vendor under each purchase contract. Any other
23 administrative department authorized to make direct purchases of
24 materials, supplies and equipment may similarly permit political
25 subdivisions or authorities to participate in or purchase off
26 purchase contracts entered into by such department. Among such
27 terms and conditions, the department shall prescribe that all
28 prices shall be F.O.B. destination. Political subdivisions and
29 authorities shall be exempt from existing statutory requirements
30 governing competitive bidding and execution of contracts with
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1 respect to the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment
2 under this section. Nonprofit fire companies, nonprofit rescue
3 companies, and nonprofit ambulance companies may submit their
4 requests for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment
5 to the subdivision in which located for inclusion in the
6 participation thereof in purchase contracts entered into by the
7 department. Any such company's requests may be included by such
8 political subdivisions if accompanied by the agreement of the
9 company making the request that it will be bound by the terms
10 and conditions prescribed by the political subdivision and that
11 it will be responsible for payment directly to the vendor under
12 each purchase contract.
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